Word: savall
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...play progresses, however, the set evolves. During the Act IV prologue delivered by Time (Graduate School of Arts and Sciences student Peter K. Saval), Saval pulls a cord dangling at the front of stage left to release the overhead sheet, emphasizing how the 16 couplets mark the passage of 16 years. This fabric, the backdrop for the rest of the play, is painted in various shades of green to evoke the forest of Bohemia, the land to which the action now shifts...
Gamboa, the strongest of the cast, is always perfectly in character and avoids the temptation to go over-the-top. The same, however, cannot be said for his Sicilian counterpart (also played by Saval), whose sometimes melodramatic line readings detract from the emotional nuances of the character...